Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have seen the reality, yet Sinn Féin repeatedly peddles myths. The truth is that the number of people unemployed has come down from 300,000 to 200,000. There are 100,000 fewer people unemployed. The number at work has gone up by 90,000. All of these jobs are full time and none is part time. If Deputies look at the CSO figures, they will see that for the past two years the increase in employment is 90,000 and they are all full-time jobs. If Deputies bother to look at the figures, they will also see that over half the additional jobs are in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland companies which are paying 30% above the average wage. A large part of the recovery we are enjoying is in really strong sectors that are providing high quality employment.

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